Improved washing-machine



JONATHAN J. GREEN, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 59,005, dated October 23, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JONATHAN J. GREEN, of Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved lashing-Machine; and I de hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art to malte and use the same, reference beingl had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ot' this specilieation, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section ot' my invention, taken on theline afr,l `ig.2. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the lineyy, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention consists in the combination of a iiexible concave with a tinted cylinder, the pecnliarity of the concave heilig that it consists of a series of ribbed slats joined together by a flexible belt, whereby it is enabled to rise or fall, so as to adjust itself to the clothes between it and the cylinder.

A designates the tub or box, which is larger thai is necessary for the washing-machine, so that a good provision is made for soaking the clothes both before and after they have been rubbed by the machine. B is the washing-cylinder, andy this is journalcd in opposite sides ofthe machine, and operated by a crank, a,in the usual manner. This washing-cylinder is composed of a series of corrugated slats secured to a disk at either end; hence it is hollow inside. Two of' the slats b b are pivoted instead of being rigidly secured, and they are so arranged that it' one end or corner ot a garment be placed between it and the adjoining rigid Slat the garment will be held and thus prevented from being whirled around loosely and with little eti'ect, as would be the case were it placed loosely upon the cylinder, as is usual. The manner in which the garment is held by the pivoted slat is shown clearly in Fig. 1, where the garment is represented in red.

U is the rubbing-concave. This is connected at its top to a horizontal strip, D, which has tenoned endsthat are placed in grooves in two nprights, E, rising from opposite sides of the machine. Then itis desired to remove the concave from the machine it is merely nec essary to lift out the horizontal strip D. This rubbing-concave is composed of a number ot ribbed strips placed parallel with the length of the cylinder and held together by leather bands F F, as shown in Fig. 2. It will therefore be perceived that the strips, as a whole, constitute a rubbingconcave, but each strip is allowed a slight motion independent of the next; hence the rubbing qualities are enhanced 5 and, moreover, they are flexible as a whole, and can rise and fall, so as to correspond to the quantity of clothes between them and the cylinder.

I am aware that there are machines which have a rubbing-concave somewhat similar to mine, but theseconcaves are held rigidly over the cylinderthat is, they cannot rise and fall-and hence there is no provision for the quantity of clothes, whether great or small, that may be placed between the cylinder and the concave, and the ei'ect is therefore incomplete.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The flexible rnbl'iing-concave C, in combination with the cylinder D, constructed substantially as shown and described.

JONATHAN J. GREEN.

Witnesses:

L. BEMENT, GEORGE A. BROWN. 

